Hyperfunction Exercises

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Oren Brown Hyperfunction Exercises Relaxation and Stretching: o Shoulder rolls o Neck rolls o Jaw massage Descending slides: From a comfortably high pitch to a comfortably low pitch. Every sound should begin with an /h/ or /wh/ to facilitate an easy onset. Keep the air moving and the resonance forward: no glottal attacks and no vocal fry. Allow the jaw, lips, and tongue to move freely with the vowel combinations. Feel free to make up your own vowel combinations! o Lip trills o Hoo o Ho o Whee o Ha o Hoo-ee o Ho-ya o Ma-yo Ascending/Descending siren: From a comfortably low pitch to a comfortably high pitch and back down again. Keep the air moving and the resonance forward, particularly at the top of the siren. Feel free to move: swoop your arms, bend your knees, etc. o Hoo-ee o Ho-ya o Ma-yo

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Hyperfunction Exercises

Oren Brown

Hyperfunction Exercises

Relaxation and Stretching:

Shoulder rolls

Neck rolls

Jaw massage

Descending slides: From a comfortably high pitch to a comfortably low pitch. Every sound should begin with an /h/ or /wh/ to facilitate an easy onset. Keep the air moving and the resonance forward: no glottal attacks and no vocal fry. Allow the jaw, lips, and tongue to move freely with the vowel combinations. Feel free to make up your own vowel combinations!

Lip trills

Hoo

Ho

Whee

Ha

Hoo-ee

Ho-ya

Ma-yo

Ascending/Descending siren: From a comfortably low pitch to a comfortably high pitch and back down again. Keep the air moving and the resonance forward, particularly at the top of the siren. Feel free to move: swoop your arms, bend your knees, etc.

Hoo-ee

Ho-ya

Ma-yo